Paint Burn in advice...

I am painting the Buck 91 I bought today. Is it best to build a fire in it now, while I have it outside and cure the paint before I take it in the house, or is this too risky too do?

I doubt you'd be able to get a descent fire going in there without a chimney attached. You'd basically have zero draft. Leaving the door open to create a hotter fire might or might not be a good idea. It would be very difficult to regulate the temps I imagine.

Plus, you are really going to cure the paint when its 600F+ for a prolonged period of time. I doubt you'd be able to do that in your driveway unless you had 12+ft of stovepipe/chimney pipe lying around.

I say put it in your house and put a couple of the biggest window fans you have in the windows closest to the stove. Put them on high to suck the stinky air out of your house. Leave a couple windows open in the furthest reaches of the house to provide fresh air.

Thats what I did. It worked. Still smelt a little but not as bad as it would have otherwise.

My vogelzang was awful! actually smoked up the house. I just did it on a day where it was in the mid 60s and had a fan in a window to suck the stink out.

Oh, I am going to put pipe on it for a stack. After I spray the stove paint on, how long should I wait before I fire it up? Hour, couple hours, next day etc...

I think you could just let it get dry to the touch, then build a small fire with a few kindling pieces to cure the paint gradually. Then build a hotter fire so that you won't get additional fumes when burning it hot in the house.

I'd go for the 24 hours and if you can't keep it that long, just burn 2 12 hour fires.